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A. GLOSSARY
- arm /ɑːrm/ (n): cánh tay
- ear /ɪər/ (n): tai
- eye /ɑɪ/ (n): mắt
- leg /leɡ/ (n): chân
- nose /noʊz/ (n): mũi
- finger /ˈfɪŋ·ɡər/ (n): ngón tay
- tall /tɔl/ (a): cao
- short /ʃɔrt/ (a) ùn, thấp
- big /bɪg/ (a): to
- small /smɔl/ (a): nhỏ
- active /ˈæk tɪv/ (adj): hăng hái, năng động
- appearance /əˈpɪər·əns/ (n): dáng vẻ, ngoại hình
- barbecue /ˈbɑr·bɪˌkju/ (n): món thịt nướng barbecue
- boring /ˈbɔː.rɪŋ/ (adj): buồn tẻ
- choir /kwɑɪər/ (n): dàn đồng ca
- competition /ˌkɒm pɪˈtɪʃ ən/ (n): cuộc đua, cuộc thi
- confident /ˈkɒn fɪ dənt/ (adj): tự tin, tin tưởng
- curious /ˈkjʊər·i·əs/ (adj): tò mò, thích tìm hiểu
- gardening /ˈɡɑrd·nɪŋ/ (v): làm vườn
- firefighter /ˈfɑɪərˌfɑɪ·t̬ər/ (n): lính cứu hỏa
- fireworks /ˈfɑɪərˌwɜrks/ (n): pháo hoa
- funny /ˈfʌn i/ (adj): buồn cười, thú vị
- generous /ˈdʒen·ə·rəs/ (adj): rộng rãi, hào phóng
- museum /mjʊˈzi·əm/ (n): viện bảo tàng
- organise /ˈɔr gəˌnaɪz/ (v): tổ chức
- patient /ˈpeɪ·ʃənt/ (adj): điềm tĩnh
- personality /ˌpɜr·səˈnæl·ɪ·t̬i/ (n): tính cách, cá tính
- prepare /prɪˈpeər/ (v): chuẩn bị
- racing /ˈreɪ.sɪŋ/ (n): cuộc đua
- reliable /rɪˈlɑɪ·ə·bəl/ (adj): đáng tin cậy
- serious /ˈsɪr.i.əs/ (adj): nghiêm túc
- shy /ʃɑɪ/ (adj): bẽn lẽn, hay xấu hổ
- sporty /ˈspɔːr.t̬i/ (adj): dáng thể thao, khỏe mạnh
- volunteer /ˌvɑl·ənˈtɪr/ (n): tình nguyện viên
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- zodiac /ˈzoʊd·iˌæk/ (n) cung hoàng đạo
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
I. THE PRESENT CONTINOUS FOR FUTURE
(THÌ HIỆN TẠI TIẾP DIỄN MANG NGHĨA TƯƠNG LAI)
1. Công thức
( + ) S + is/ am/ are + Ving
( - ) S + is/ am/ are + not + Ving
( ? ) Is/ am/ are+S + V-ing ?
2. Cách dùng
Thì hiện tại tiếp diễn được dùng diễn tả sự sắp xếp hay kế hoạch trong tương lai, thường
trong câu xuất hiện từ chỉ thời gian cụ thể.
Ví dụ:
They're building a new school next year.
(Năm tới họ sẽ xây một trường học mới.)
(* Việc xây dựng trường học đã được lên kế hoạch rõ ràng và cụ thể.)
We are having a party next Sunday. Would you like to come?
(Chúng tôi có tổ chức 1 bữa tiệc vào chủ nhật tới, mời bạn đến dự)
(* Đã mời người ta thì bữa tiệc phải đã được chuẩn bị hết rồi.)
* Chú ý: Chúng ta sử dụng cấu trúc “Be going to + V” (Sẽ làm gì) để diễn tả hanh động
sẽ xảy ra trong tương lại gần.
- Trả lời:
Yes, S + do/ does.
No, S + do not (don't)/ does not (doesn't).
Ví dụ:
I have short hair. (Tôi có mái tóc ngắn.)
The cat has green eyes. (Con mèo có đôi mắt màu xanh.)
Ví dụ:
I have short hair. (Tôi có mái tóc ngắn.)
The cat has green eyes. (Con mèo có đôi mắt màu xanh.)
She doesn’t have blond hair.(Cô ấy không có mái tóc xoăn.)
- Câu hỏi Wh- question:
Ví dụ:
- What color eyes do you have? (Bạn có đôi mắt màu gì?)
I have blue eyes. (Tôi có đôi mắt màu xanh dương.)
- What sort of hair does she have? (Cô ấy có kiểu tóc gì?)
She has curly hair. (Cô ấy có một mái tóc xoăn.)
C. PRACTICE
❶. PHONETICS
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of
the others in each group
1. A. amazing B. gate C. play d. parent
2. A. help B. ending c. equip D. setting
3. a. sailor B. photo C. sold D. fold
4. A. fair B. train c. wait D. gain
5. A. tiger b. hint C. five D. slide
6. A. cooker b. ancient C. cover D. come
7. A. union B. university c. but D. humour
8. A. visible B. bring C. building d. bomb
9. A. choke b. chemist C. watch D. catch
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10. A. stove B. cold c. worry D. hold
11. A. please B. read c. head D. teacher
12. a. ears B. eyes C. hands D. cheeks
13. A. funny b. curious C. chubby D. lunch
14. a. confident B. kind C. nice D. reliable
15. a. shy B. pretty C. curly D. pony
16. A. lamps B. desks C. lights d. legs
17. a. brother B. nose C. sofa D. poster
18. A. careful B. class c. city D. cupboard
19. A. kitchen B. children C. chat d. choir
20. A. subject b. music C. study D. lunch
21. a. temple B. pretty C. depend D. pencil
22. A. elbow B. bowl C. blow d. cow
23. a. psychology B. positive C. patient D. present
24. A. brilliant B. barbecue c. climbing D. neighbour
25. a. blonde B. ponytail C. body D. potter
26. a. best B. part C. pie D. pen
27. A. copy B. happy c. beast D. pull
28. A. book B. beautiful C. butterfly d. professional
29. A. job B. tab c. pen D. neighbor
30. A. airport B. speak c. notebook D. spoon
31. A. ball B. bell C. bag d. park
32. A. pen B. pull c. bath D. pick
33. A. brother B. beach c. pass D. book
34. A. copy B. pet C. prize d. boy
35. A. pencil B. pocket c. bed D. peach
36. A. kind b. confident C. nice D. like
37. A. request B. project C. neck d. exciting
38. a. foot B. book C. food D. look
39. a. finger B. leg C. neck D. elbow
40. A. creative B. think c. idea D. big
41. A. project B. leg c. evening D. neck
42. A. judo b. elbow C. nose D. blond
43. A. gets B. brings C. takes D. stops
44. A. mouth B. house c. country D. about
45. A. with B. mouth C. thanks d. three
46. A. sofa B. summer C. sugar d. sound
47. A. city b. special C. bicycle D. center
48. A. sun b. son C. suit D. sure
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49. a. machine B. choice C. cheap D. change
50. A. seat B. sugar C. sight d. sand
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of
the other in each group.
1. a. reliable B. helpful C. active D. friendly
2. A. curious B. confident C. competitive D. talkative
3. A. volunteer B. basketball C. sensitive D. magazine
4. A. hard-working B. wonderful C. unfriendly D. intelligent
5. A. generous B. patient C. attractive D. curious
6. A. backyard B. swimming C. cupboard D. active
7. A. prepare B. cuisine C. between D. crazy
8. A. peaceful B. thrilling C. Korean D. rubbish
9. A. historic B. curious C. fantastic D. excited
10. A. volunteer B. museum C. creative D. department
11. A. desert B. prepare C. wardrobe D. palace
12. A. classmate B. lucky C. travel D. dislike
13. A. surround B. crazy C. funny D. racing
14. A. serious B. confident C. equipment D. interview
15. A. competition B. activity C. reliable D. Antarctica
❷. MULTIPLE CHOICE
III. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. Our class is going to____a picnic at the zoo on Saturday. Would you like to come
with us?
A. have B. take C. pass D. go
❸. WORD FORMS
I. Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentences.
1. It’s nice meeting such a ________ person. (FRIEND)
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14. There is a lot of ________between rival airlines. (COMPLET
E)
15. She’s completely lacking in ________ (CONFIDE)
16. I’m burning with__________- you must tell me who won! (CURIOUS)
22. An _________ is a home for children whose parents are dead. (ORPHAN)
II. Give the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following text.
You know that moment when you meet a person and (1. INSTANT)
________realize that you are going to be best friend? It might be as simple as you both
eat burritos for most of your meals or both cry during the same State Farm commercial.
Friends are the family you choose, and a good friend is (2. VALUE) ______ Would
Romy be able to make it through her high school (3. UNION) _______ without
awesome Michele? I think not. Would Cher be able to get over herself and (4. EVENT)
_______ make out with the young hot Paul Rudd without Dion? Heck no! Building (5.
FRIEND) _______can be awkward and a bit (6. STRESS) _________So how do you
know when it’s worth it to put yourself out there and make someone your new best
friend?
D. VERB FORMS
I. Give the correct form of verb at the simple tense and the continuous tense.
1. Sit down! A strange dog ______ (run) to you.
2. My mom often _______ (buy) meat from the butcher’s.
3. My brothers ________ (not/ drink) coffee at the moment.
4. Look! Those people .________ (climb) the mountain so fast.
5. That girl ___________(cry) loudly in the party now.
6. These students always _____________ (wear) warm clothes in summer.
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7. What _______________(you/ do) in the kitchen?
8. I never ______________ (eat) potatoes.
9. The 203 bus ________________ (set off) every fifteen minutes.
10.Tonight, we ______________ (not/go) to our teacher’s wedding party.
II. Read the text then give the correct form of verb.
It (0. be) is Sunday evening and my friends and I (1. be) __________ Jane’s birthday
party. Jane (2. wear) ___________a beautiful long dress and (3. stand) _____
next to her boyfriend. Some guests (4. drink) ______wine or beer in the corner of the
room. Some of her relatives (5. dance) ______ in the middle of the room. Most people
(6.sit) __________on chairs, (7. enjoy) ________ foods and (8. chat) _______with one
another. We often (9. go) ________ to our friends’ birthday parties. We always (10.
dress) ________ well and (11. travel) _________by taxi. Parties never (12. make)
________us bored because we like.
III. Complete the text. Use the present simple.
My best friend
My best friend is Hannah. She (1. live) next door to me. We (2. go)
to the same school but we are in different classes.
I (3. walk) to school but Hannah (4. go) by bike, because she
always (5. get up) late. After school we (6. finish) _____ our homework first,
then we (7. listen) to our favourite music. I (8. like) R&B, but Hannah
(9.hate) it. She (10. think) it’s boring. She (11. love) rock music.
IV. Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs in brackets in the
present continuous.
Jack: I'm bored.
Nick: Why don't you find something to do?
Jack: What can I do?
Nick: There are lots of things you can do. This is what I (1. do) this
weekend. On Friday evening I (2. meet) Jane. We (3. go) to the
cinema. Then in Saturday, Tom and I (4. play) table-tennis. Then we
(5. have) lunch with Sam. After lunch, Tom and Sam (6. start)
their new judo classes. I (7. not go) with them because my dad (8.take)
me to a basketball match.
It's my mum's birthday on Sunday. She (9. not have) a big party. We
(10. have) lunch at a nice restaurant near our house.
Jack: Wow. You are busy. Can I come with you to the cinema on Friday?
Nick: Of course, you can, Jack.
❺. CORRECTION
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I. Choose the underlined word or phrase (marked A , B, C or D) in each sentence
that needs correcting.
1. My sister is very seriously and hard-working in her study.
A B C D
2. Ride a bike at the weekend is my best friend's hobby.
A B C D
3. She is very cared, so she always helps her mother do the housework.
A B C D
4. My friend has a short brown hair and an oval face.
AB C D
5. Because Nga is very keen on the school's singing competition, she is taking part
A B C
on it tomorrow.
D
6. I have an important maths exam tomorrow afternoon, so I do a lot of maths
A B C
exercises at home this evening.
D
7. We have a lot of assignments to do. Therefore, we are going to the cinema
A B C
with you tonight.
D
8. I have new pencil, a pencil sharpener and a pencil case.
A B C D
9. The painting competition will start at his school on the 17th of October.
A B C D
10. She usually plays the piano every Monday evening, but today she watch cartoons
A B C D
with her younger sister.
11. There are a table, four chairs, two pictures and a vase in the living room.
A B C D
12. There aren't a lot of posters in the wall in his bedroom.
A B C D
13. My dog has a long tail, big eyes and a yellow fur.
A B C D
14. She has a birthday party with a big birthday cake and a lot of candles at home
A B C
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D
at present.
15. She is short hair and big eyes
A B C D
16. My new friend, Zoe, is very friend and helpful
A B C D
II. There is one mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it.
Sentence Correction
1. I live in a apartment on Nguyen Trai Street. ______________
2. Listen! Someone knocks at the door. _____________
3. What do you doing tomorrow? ______________
4. There is some new furnitures in the living room. _____________
5. My mother have short curly hair and big blue eyes. ______________
6. He drives very careless and often causes accidents. ______________
7. John usually go shopping with his mother. ______________
8. There is many books on her bookshelves. _____________
9. Would you like drinking tea or coffee? ______________
10. Why don’t you has dinner with us? ______________
❻. READING
I. Read the following text and use the words given in the box to fill in the le
there real sticking about
are legally the at
Friendship is an interesting kind of love. There’s no contrast (1) ________
binding you two together, there’s no unspoken rule (2) ________loving each other
unconditionally, and there’s no (3) ________blinding commitment to the opposite
person other than what you are willing to put in to the relationship.
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But maybe these (4)________the reasons why our relationships are so valuable.
The option is always (5) ________ to back out at any time, and yet, with the really,
really authentic ones, we never do.
Because (6) ________the end of the day- after the breakups and divorces and
estrangements- we choose (7) ________companions we want in our lives, and they are
the ones worth (8) ________around for.
II. Read the article and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).
As we know, these special relationship do more than we just get us by. Friends
are our concert buddies. They’re the people that come over to trap a mouse that’s in the
apartment. They’re the ones who use through relationship blunders and changes at
work. Research has also found that friends helps us live longer.
Aristotle once described a true friend as a “single soul dwelling in two bodies”-
but what differentiates a true, lasting friendship from the other, temporary social bonds?
According to Robert Rowney, D.O., a certified psychiatrist and the director of the
Cleveland Clinic mood disorder unit, there are certain habits that genuine friends
possess, which make them more like family. And it’s these characteristics- and
sometimes even tough love – that create that indescribable bond.
1. Friends see us through relationship blunders and changes at work
2. Research has found that friend don’t help us live longer
3. A true friend is described as “single soul dwelling in two bodies”
4. According to Robert Rowney, there are certain habits genuine friends possess.
5. Sometimes even tough love can’t create that indescribable bond.
III. Read and answer the questions.
−Hi pals! My name is Susy. I’m thin and medium high. My hair is short, curlyand
blonde. My eyes are brown. I’m clever and hard-working. My favourite color is red. I
love fashion.
−Hey guys! My name is Caroline. I’m thin and sporty. My hair is long, straight and
brown. My eyes are brown and big also. I’m talkative and noisy. I like rock music.
−What’s up people? I’m Michael. I’m tall and handsome, my hair is brown and
straight. My face is round. I’m patient and kind of lazy. I always wear a cap.
−Nice to meet you! My name is Ryan. I’m skinny and short, my hair is black and my
eyes are black too. I’m shy and good tempered. I like sports and video games.
−How’re you doing friends? I am Kate. I’m tall and thin. My hair is short, straight
and black. I have a small face. I love the green color.
1. What is Susy’s hair like?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
2. What are Caroline’s eyes like?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
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3. What is Michael like?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
4. What does Ryan like?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
5. What color does Kate love?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
❼. WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
Ex: There are twenty classes in our school
→ Our school has twenty classes.
1. Our school has forty-two classrooms.
@ There .................................................................................................................……
2. The bakery is to the left of my house.
@My house ............................................................................................................……
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3. Mr Minh has a son,Trung.
@ Mr Minh ...........................................................................................................……
4. Trang is riding her bike to school.
@ Trang is going ...................................................................................................……
5. Huyen walks to school every afternoon.
@ Huyen goes .......................................................................................................……
IV. Write a short paragraph (80-100 words) about your best friend.
Suggestions:
1. What is his/her name?
2. How old is he/she?
3. What is his/ her hobby?
4. What does he/she do in his/ her free time?
5. What do you often do together?
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